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On the recordApril 28, 2009
Earlier today, I joined some of our colleagues before the Supreme Court in oral argument on the Voting Rights Act and its constitutional challenge.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin discusses participating in a Supreme Court hearing on the Voting Rights Act.

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